STREET, Lucie PENN, William, Admiral Sir)Uncommon Sailor: A Portrait of Admiral Sir William Penn: English Naval Supremacy. 1st US in dj. St. Martin's, New York, 1988, ISBN:0312015267 STREET, Lucie. An Uncommon Sailor: A Portrait of Admiral Sir William Penn: English Naval Supremacy. NY: St. Martin's Press, (1988). Pp 172. 8vo, browncloth. "The story spans Penn's nautical childhood, service in the English Civil War with the Irish Guard, and his prominent and successful role in the Dutch Wars and command of Cromwell's expedition to the Spanish Main. Always sympathetic to the royalist cause, Penn welcomed Charles II aboard the ship that restored the king to England, and was knighted on the deck. For the next nine years he was a member of parliament, a commissioner of the Navy, and a close colleague of Samuel Pepys." -from the dj. Vg in rubbed, nicked dj. 40.00

THOMAS, Evan.Sea of Thunder : Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. book club in dj.Simon & Schuster, New York, 2006, THOMAS, Evan. Sea of Thunder : Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006). Book Club Edition. Pp.(16),1-415,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, navy boards. "Evan Thomas takes us insid e the naval war of 1941-1945 in the South Pacific in a way that blends the best of military and cultural history and riveting narrative drama. He follows four men throughout: Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, the American fleet commander; Admiral Takeo Kurita, the Japanese battleship commander; AdmiralMatome Ugaki, commander of and last of the kamikazes; and Commander Ernest Evans, who led his destroyer on the last great charge in the last great na val battle in history." - from the dj. Vg in dj. 14.00

THOMAS, Evan.Sea of Thunder : Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. in dj.Simon & Schuster, New York, 2006, ISBN:9780743252218 THOMAS, Evan. Sea of Thunder : Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006). First Printing. Pp. (16),1-415,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, grey paper covered boards with red cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine. "Evan Thomas takes us inside the naval war of1941-1945 in the South Pacific in a way that blends the best of military a nd cultural history and riveting narrative drama. He follows four men throughout: Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, the American fleet commander; AdmiralTakeo Kurita, the Japanese battleship commander; Admiral Matome Ugaki, com mander of and last of the kamikazes; and Commander Ernest Evans, who led his destroyer on the last great charge in the last great naval battle in history." - from the dj. Vg in unclipped dj. 18.00

THOMAS, Evan.Sea of Thunder : Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. Large Print EditionThomson / Gale, Detroit , 2007, ISBN:9781594122575 THOMAS, Evan. Sea of Thunder : Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. Large Print Edition. Detroit : Thomson / Gale, (2007). First Printing. Pp [1]-705,(15). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated black card covers. "Journalist and bestselling historian Evan Thomas takes us inside the naval war of 1941-1945 in the South Pacific in a way that blends the best ofmilitary and cultural history and riveting narrative drama. He follows fou r men throughout: Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, the American fleet commander; Admiral Takeo Kurita, the Japanese battleship commander; Admiral MatomeUgaki, commander of and last of the kamikazes; and Commander Ernest Evans, who led his destroyer on the last great charge in the last great naval bat tle in history." - from the back cover. Light green mark to fore-edge, elsevery good. 12.50

TUNSTALL, Brian BYNG, John, Admiral)Admiral Byng and the Loss of Minorca. First EditionPhilip Allan & Co., London, 1928, TUNSTALL, Brian. Admiral Byng and the Loss of Minorca. London : Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., (1928). First Edition. Pp. (4),v-x,1-293,(1), portrait frontispiece., + 11 leaves of plates. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. The story of Byng's loss of the island of Minorca to France during the Seven Years' War, and his eventual execution. Byng was the governor of Newfoundland in the 1740s. "Admiral Byng has had to wait a long time for his vindication. Although he lingers in the memory of most of us as the unlucky Admiral who was shot, in the words of Voltaire, 'to encourage the others,' there was always a feeling that the sentence was not wholly undeserved. Mr. Tunstall now gives the whole story. He has unravelled the complicated threadof political intrigue which entangled the affair, and brings in a verdict with which few will quarrel. The book is at once a study in naval history and the story of a cause célèbre, in which the chief actors and the parts they played are described with vivacity and fidelity." - from the dj [not with this copy]. Chapters : 1. The Legend; 2. The Man; 3. The Navy, Politics and Public Opinion; 4. The Seven Years' War; 5. Admiral Byng Sets Sail; 6. Gibraltar; 7. Minorca; 8. The Battle; 9. The Council of War; 10. The News; 11. The Arrest; 12. The Trial; 13. The Sentence; 14. The Execution. With index. Boards splayed, front board specked, edges and initial and final leavesspotted, else very good. 80.00

There is a Miss Ann Fraser Tytler,novelist in the publisher's catalogue at the rear of this book.

According to the DNB, Ann was the eldest daughter of Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747-1813) and had one sister Jane. Which puts us no further ahead in the biography of Margaret. This book's double dedication ("To My Dear Sailor Boy, William Fitz Herbert, R—N., and to George Rawdon R—N., The Wooden Walls of Old England, is Affectionately Dedicated") offered some further hope of biographical search triangulation, but so far to no avail.

VAN DER VAT, DanAtlantic Campaign : World War II's Great Struggle at Sea.. book club in dustjacketHarper & Row, New York, 1988, VAN DER VAT, Dan. The Atlantic Campaign : World War II's Great Struggle at Sea. With research by Christine van der Vat. New York: Harper & Row, (1988). Book Club Edition. Pp 424 + 24 pp of photos. 8vo, navy cloth. "The battlebetween Germany and the Allies for control of the Atlantic sea lanes was a prolonged and desperate struggle that came closer than any other to ending the Second World War in Germany's favor. Churchill called it "a war of gro ping and drowning, of ambuscade and stratagem, of science and seamanship. How German, British and American admirals plotted the grand strategy of the campaign from Berlin, London and Washington is brilliantly recounted here, as are the dramas played out on and under the Atlantic: the Allies' increasingly elusive systems of sailing in convoy; the German surface raiders and artfully disguised motherships that vastly extended the U-Boats' range; thedevastating mass attacks by U-Boats at night, when fear and confusion were at their peak. In The Atlantic Campaign the author's full portrayal of the German side of the story is particularly striking. Unlike writers before h im, van der Vat is fluent in German and has taken full advantage of extensive German archives on the subject. He has also given full weight to the important and gallant role played by Canada's ships and sailors in the campaign." - from the dj. Nova Scotia . Halifax: pp.122, 138-9, 230, 334-5; Sydney: p.151. Newfoundland: 139, 145, 204-5, 210-211, 262, 315. Some edge spotting, else vg in dustjacket. 20.00

VAN DER VAT, DanAtlantic Campaign : World War II's Great Struggle at Sea.. First Edition industjacketHarper & Row, New York, 1988, ISBN:0060159677 VAN DER VAT, Dan. The Atlantic Campaign : World War II's Great Struggle at Sea. With research by Christine van der Vat. New York : Harper & Row, (1988). First Printing. Pp 424 + 24 pp of photos. 8vo, navy cloth "The battle between Germany and the Allies for control of the Atlantic sea lanes was a prolonged and desperate struggle that came closer than any other to ending the Second World War in Germany's favor. Churchill called it "a war of groping and drowning, of ambuscade and stratagem, of science and seamanship. How German, British and American admirals plotted the grand strategy of the campaign from Berlin, London and Washington is brilliantly recounted here, as are the dramas played out on and under the Atlantic: the Allies' increasingly elusive systems of sailing in convoy; the German surface raiders and artfully disguised motherships that vastly extended the U-Boats' range; the devastating mass attacks by U-Boats at night, when fear and confusion were attheir peak. In The Atlantic Campaign the author's full portrayal of the Ge rman side of the story is particularly striking. Unlike writers before him,van der Vat is fluent in German and has taken full advantage of extensive German archives on the subject. He has also given full weight to the important and gallant role played by Canada's ships and sailors in the campaign."- from the dj. Nova Scotia . Halifax: pp.122, 138-9, 230, 334-5; Sydney: p .151. Newfoundland: 139, 145, 204-5, 210-211, 262, 315. Very good in vg dustjacket. 26.00

WARNER, Oliver CUNNINGHAM OF HYNDHOPE, ViscountCunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet : A Memoir. First Edition in dustjacketJohn Murray, London, 1967, WARNER, Oliver. Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet : A Memoir. (London) : John Murray, (1967). First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-viii,(2),[1]-301,(1), frontispiece portrait + 16 pp plates + one folding map. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge dyed blue. Law 0679. "Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883-1963) was the greatest naval officer of his era. 'His campaign in the Mediterranean'. wrote Admiral Sir William James of Cunningham's achievements in World War II, 'will bear comparison with any in our naval history. So much hard fighting has never before been crowded into a similar period. He was a sea captain who had mastered every aspect of maritime war.' At the age of sixty, in 1943, while on active service, Cunningham reached the highest rank in his profession. In the same year, as First Sea Lord, he became one of that triumvirate of Chiefs of Staff with Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke and Marshal of the R.A.F. Lord Portal, who, under Sir Winston Churchill, guided Britain to the final stages of victory. Now, while his leadership is still clear in the memory of those who served with him, and while the impressions of some of his older friends are still available, Lady Cunningham has authorised a Memoir which relates much that Lord Cunningham could not say about himself in his autobiography, A Sailor's Odyssey. Fresh information is provided by many who knew him best including Lord Mount batten, Lord Portal and General Eisenhower, and by illustrations, many hitherto unpublished. This account of a full and eventful life shows why a plaque to commemorate Lord Cunningham has been placed in the crypt of St Paul's beside memorials of Nelson, Collingwood, Jellicoe and Beatty, and a bust of him has been put in Trafalgar Square where he is the only Admiral of the Second World War whose service to his country has thus been marked." (from the dj). Contents : 1. The Years of Preparation; 2. The First World War; 3. Baltic Interlude; 4. Senior Officer; 5. Mediterranean Destroyers; 6. Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean; 7. Interlude at Washington; 8. Happy Return;. 9. First Sea Lord; 10. Warrior at Home. Some foxing to fore-edge and front endpapers, else very good in nicked, unclipped dustjacket. 22.00